Road-drag.



PATENTED JUNE 23, 1908. H. J. SEE. ROAD DRAG. APPLICATION F ILED AUG.13, 1907.

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5!. J. SEE; ROAD DRAG. APPLIGATIQN .FILED AUG, 13, 1907.

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HARRY J. SEE, OF DEEDSVILLE, INDIANA.

ROAD-DRAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 23, 1908.

Application filed August 13, 1907. Serial No. 388,416.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, HARRY J. SEE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Deedsville, in the county of Miami, State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Road-Drags; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention has reference to road drags and it aims to providean exceedingly simple, inexpensive, and durable device of that class foreffectively grading and leveling a road.

To this end the drag comprises front and rear sills connected togetherby heavy braces, one of which is shorter than the other, so as to'disose the front sill at an angle to the rear si 1, the front sill carryingon its forward face a scraping blade which is adjustable towards andfrom the surface of the road, both to regulate the depth of the cut andto compensate for wear.

The invention will be readily understood from a consideration of thefollowing detailed description, and its preferred embodiment isillustrated in the accompanying draw,

ings in which like parts are designated by corresponding referencecharacters throughout the several views.

Of the said drawings, Figure 1 is a fragmental plan view of a dragconstructed in accordance with the present invention, Fig. 2 is a frontelevation thereof, Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the drag, Fig.4 is a longitudinal section therethrough.

Referring more particularly to the drawings the numerals 5 and 6designate respectively the front and rear sills of the drag which arearranged some distance apart from each other and connected together by apair of braces 7, the length of one of which is greater than that of theother, so that the distance between the adjacent ends of the sills atone side of the drag is less than that between their ends at theopposite side thereof, the front sill being thus disposed at an acuteangle to the rear sill.

The connecting braces have their opposite ends fitted in seats formed inthe upper faces of the sills, the depth of which seats is less than theheight of said braces, so that the upper faces of the latter projectsome distance above the upper faces of the sills.

The outer face of the front sill has secured thereto a blade 8 whichextends from end to end thereof and is provided-with a series ofvertical slots 9 through which the ends of the fastening bolts 10project. It is possible, therefore, owing to this construction, to raiseor lower the blade towards and from the surface of the road to regulatethe depth of the cut, and also to compensate for wear of the blade.

Each brace 7 has bolted to its upper face a hitching iron 11 in the formof a heavy strap, as shown, the forward end of each strap carrying inits projecting eye or looped portion 12 a swinging ring 13 to which awhififletree, not shown, is secured.

The sills are further connected by a series of boards 14, bolted theretoat opposite ends, which boards are disposed transversely of the sillsand parallel with the braces, the upper faces of the latter bein flushwith those of the boards. .The boars thus form a solid cover or platformfor the drag upon which the driver can stand.

The sills, the braces, and the planks which form the cover, are ofkiln-dried oak.

If desired, the rear sill may likewise carry u on its forward face ablade similar to the b ade 8 above referred to and secured adjustably tosaid sill in a similar manner.

at is claimed, is,

1. A road drag, comprising, a front sill and a rear sill, a pair ofbraces connecting said sills, one of said braces having a greater lengththan the other to dispose the front sill at an acute angle to the rearsill, a hitching strap mounted upon the upper face of each brace andhaving its forward end looped and projecting beyond the front sill, aswinging ring secured to each of said looped ends, alongitudinally-disposed blade carried by the front sill upon its outerface, and a cover secured to the upper face.

2. A road dra comprising, a front sill and a rear sill, provi ed withalining seats formed on their upper faces, a pair oftransverselydisposed connecting braces fitted at opposite ends in saidseats, one of said braces having a greater length than the other, todispose the front sill at an acute angle to the rear sill, said braceshaving their 11 per faces lying above those of the sills, a b ade boltedto the outer face of the front sill and extending from end to endthereof, said blade being provided with a series of verpreferablyconstructed tical slots through which the corresponding of boardsdisosed parallel with said braces 10 fastening bolts extend, to permit theadand having t eir upper faces flush with the justment of said bladetowar s and from the up er face of the latter.

surface of the road, a hitching strap mounted n testimony whereof, Iaffix my signature, upon the upper face of each brace and havin presenceof two witnesses. 1

ing a looped forward end projecting beyond HARRY J. SEE. the front sill,a swinging ring attached to Witnesses:

each of said looped strap ends, and a cover V. E. KOGY,

secured to said sills and comprising a series A. A. HEDLESON.

